Cape Town Stormers

Despite being founded in 1997, the Cape Town Stormers were not promoted to Super Rugby competition until 1998, where they finished in a respectable ninth position. The 1999 season saw the Stormers knocked out by the Otago Highlanders in the semi-final, despite the South African side finishing the regular season in second position. The Stormers experienced a particularly lean period between 2004 and 2010, reaching the finals only once, but returned with a vengeance in 2011, finishing first in the South African conference with a dominant 12-4 record, before falling to the Reds in the semi finals.

Stormers Articles

Super Rugby Statistical Awards (Pt 1: Defence)

by B-Rock - July 6th 2011 @ 2:24am

It’s time for part one of the inaugural Super Rugby awards based on the statistical performance across the season and finals to date. First up, I will be focussing on the best and worst defensive teams and players in Super Rugby. Hopefully, this confirms some views and challenges others. I have used raw data available [...]

Crusaders show why Kiwis are a cut above

by The Crowd - July 4th 2011 @ 8:02am

Thanks Crusaders for appeasing all your fans in South Africa with your annihilation of the Stormers to secure a showdown with the Queenslanders! In Cape Town they say you’ll find among the many die-hard fans of the Stormers as equally many Crusaders fans, all of whom wear the famous All Black replica jersey with pride. [...]

Crusaders forwards monster Stormers

by Jeff Cheshire - July 4th 2011 @ 6:59am

The game is won up front. At least that is how the old adage goes. And this was never more clear than in the semi-final last night, as the Crusaders smashed up a confident Stormers side en route to their tenth Super Rugby final. The front row of Wyatt Crockett, Corey Flynn and Owen Franks [...]

Crusaders beat Stormers 29-10 to reach final

by AP - July 3rd 2011 @ 2:53am

Don’t be fooled by Reds or Crusaders

by The Crowd - July 2nd 2011 @ 1:05am

In more than one rugby pub this week I’ve heard people offer the same opinion about the Reds and Blues, and the Crusaders and Stormers matches. The popular opinion is that these games will be a solid glimpse of what will be on show in the World Cup. The theory is that seeing all four [...]

Captain McCaw set for semi-final comeback

by NZPA - June 30th 2011 @ 1:13am

Will Blues and Stormers hit their targets?

by The Crowd - June 29th 2011 @ 4:30am

You don’t need a James Bond gizmo to discover an important part of the Blues and Stormers’ game plan for this weekend’s semi-finals. The Blues have given flanker Jerome Kaino the job of riding shotgun on Quade Cooper in Brisbane, and the Stormers have recalled Schalk Brits, not as a hooker but as a number [...]

Crusaders and Reds to meet in finale (pt 2)

by LeftArmSpinner - June 28th 2011 @ 1:51am

This is the second installment of the review of the upcoming Super Rugby Semi finals series. The Reds and Crusaders have proven that they can beat the Blues and Stormers respectively. Both teams did it in the 2011 competition rounds and will do it again in the upcoming semi-finals. The Crusaders beat the Stormers in [...]

Super Rugby finals part one: Blues versus Reds

by LeftArmSpinner - June 27th 2011 @ 6:31am

The Reds and Crusaders have proven that they can beat the Blues and Stormers respectively. Both teams did it in the 2011 competition rounds and will do it again in the upcoming semi-finals. The Reds defeated the Blues in round 13 in Brisbane, 37-31. The Crusaders beat the Stormers in round 12, the first week [...]

Stormers hold off Cheetahs 44-34

by AAP - June 19th 2011 @ 5:29am